tabes
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There is no doubt, for instance, that certain cases of intractable dyspepsia are associated with tabes and that in nearly the same way obstinate constipation frequently develops.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
In certain diseases, especially tabes, the pupils do not respond to light stimuli, but accommodate themselves to objects.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Gina Lombroso
It may result also from the pressure of an abscess or an aneurysm either inside the pelvis or in the buttock, and is sometimes associated with disease of the spinal medulla, such as tabes.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The Frenkel Method.—In recent years the application of the Frenkel directed movement method, modified somewhat from its application in tabes, has attracted attention in the therapeutics of paralysis agitans.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
It is called, in the language of physicians, tabes dorsalis, or dorsal consumption; because it is supposed to arise from the dorsal portion of the spinal marrow.
From The Young Man's Guide by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
